Victorianism

People have always wanted to be entertained. Two ways, out of many ways of being entertained are by stories, and movies. Occasionally, novels can be turned into movies or vice versa. The story “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier was turned into a film “The Birds” by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963. Although Du Maurier’s story and Hitchcock’s film portray the same major conflict and theme, the other major story elements are very different, which impacts the plot of the story through settings, characters,…

Can social class affect the outcome of how a person will be in the future? In “Discontent” Michael McGerr focuses on the differences between the upper-ten, the middle class, and the working-class in order to see the differences between each. Wealth is the determinant of how a person is raised and how they will live the rest of their lives. First, the wealthiest class was the upper ten. McGerr writes, “The ‘upper ten’ were no more than a tiny minority, a mere sliver of the nation. Wealthy…

nineteenth century was built around the revival of religious activity and hasn’t been the same since the Puritan times. The bible during these times was taken seriously and as the literal truth, the foundation of moral behavior became known as Victorianism. “It was believed that if religion was accepted by all that standards would create the end to crime and poverty” (Clifton 1). At this time there were many different types of religions one could follow and many different standards/rituals…

Labouchere Amendment, Queen Victoria removed the clause about homosexual women as she sniffed “Women didn’t do such things” and so lesbianism never became illegal in Great Britain. It’s an entertaining story and one that fits with the idea that Victorianism is a byword “for a rigorous moralism centred on sexual repression” (A New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture, P.127), but it’s also not true but a story that began circulating in the 1970s. We don’t know Queen Victoria’s views…

person can or cannot do? Theoretically speaking, one could do anything one’s body is capable of, but society has chosen what is right and wrong. In the late nineteenth century, Queen Victoria ruled England. Her moral code, which is now known as victorianism, was widely accepted and acted upon by those who she ruled. Accordingly, the works of literature published during this time depict the popular-known, prudish nature of the population. From these works came the best-known vampire in the…

Stevenson Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde vs. Martin Mary Reilly The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and the book Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin is the same documented dialect that describes a person with two extreme personalities and temperaments. However, both Stevenson and Martin display a study of the psychological perception of the nature between good and evil within a man. The two historical accounts of this alarmingly dramatic science-fiction tale of Dr. Jekyll…

The narrator has a very strong presence in the novel, both to guide the linear time line as well as to provide commentary to various things throughout the book. Switching back from the diegetic world of Victorian England to his more modern time of the 1960’s, he draws conclusions from the information that is presented. The narrator provides insight to characters’ thoughts and backgrounds as well as provides historical background for the time period. He then contrasts Victorian time with his…

In the late 1700s, early 1800s, ballet, and classical music were iconic across the world. Ballet originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It is a very technical, rigid dance full with grace and intricate footwork. Its vocabulary is based in French and Italian, with a philosophy that is historically recognizable by almost all. Ballet requires years of training, which is often expensive. Most people who…